The last two hikes we have done were a bit weenie. Not by choice, mind you. There has been allot of snow and ice on the trails, and we didn't want to get hurt falling and breaking our necks. This week's hike was not a weenie hike, by any means.
We chose one of my favorite trails this week, the Chatfield Hollow Trail. It begins at the Chatfield Hollow State Park, located about 5 or 6 miles north of the Clinton Malls. This is the same trail that everyone remembers so well when Sof and Deb were stung by all those bees back on September 1st.
Everyone met at the the Chatfield Hollow State Park bright and early. We immediately noticed as soon as we crossed the street that the trail started right there instead of up the road, where it used to be back in September. We were pleased not to have to walk the road, and I'm sure that's why this was done.
There was a short, but very sturdy bridge as soon as we entered into the woods, and we stopped there to snap a picture.
This trail has allot of rock formations, (one of the best rock formations on a trail I have see yet) and there was still quite bit of ice and snow around, so we still had to be careful where we placed our feet. In a few areas it was very slippery, but in most places, we were able to stretch our legs out.
Towards about our loop-d-loop point, we all were starting to feel the affects of taking it easy the last 2 weeks. We all were tuckered out, but we knew we had about 3 or 4 miles of hiking to go. We all were getting tired. At one point, Sof scolded Rob for not looking, (or sounding) tired enough. All in all we did about 9 miles and a hard 9 miles at that. We all were very glad to be back at our cars for lunch.
We ate lunch at CafeNV, and decided to relax inside Starbucks while sipping our lattes and munching on banana-nut bread. Life is good!
We missed you Bobby Goat Gruff,
See everyone next week!
Happy New Year!
Joe
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